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COLD SORE- Ayurvedic Treatment, Diet, Exercises, Research Papers, Yoga & Pranayama

Cold sore is caused by the herpes simplex virus. It is also called herpes labialis or oral herpes.

  • SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF COLD SORE
  • CAUSES OF COLD SORE
  • PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF COLD SORE
  • DIAGNOSIS OF COLD SORE
  • TREATMENTS FOR COLD SORE
  • PROGNOSIS OF COLD SORE
  • COMPLICATIONS OF COLD SORE
  • COLD SORE AND AYURVEDA
  • NIDANA- AYURVEDIC CAUSES OF COLD SORE
  • PURVAROOPAM- AYURVEDIC PREMONITORY SYMPTOMS OF COLD SORE
  • SAMPRAPTI – AYURVEDIC PATHOGENESIS OF COLD SORE
  • LAKSHANA- AYURVEDIC SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF COLD SORE
  • AYURVEDIC PROGNOSIS OF COLD SORE
  • CHIKITSA- AYURVEDIC TREATMENT FOR COLD SORE
  • AYURVEDIC LOCAL TREATMENT FOR COLD SORE
  • AYURVEDIC SAMANA TREATMENT FOR COLD SORE
  • AYURVEDIC SHODHANA TREATMENT FOR COLD SORE
  • COMMONLY USED AYURVEDIC MEDICINES FOR COLD SORE
  • HOME REMEDIES FOR COLD SORE
  • DIET AND BEHAVIOUR FOR COLD SORE
  • YOGA FOR COLD SORE
  • RESEARCH PAPERS OF AYURVEDIC MANAGEMENT OF COLD SORE

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF COLD SORE

  • Fluid-filled lesions called cold sore or fever blister
  • Sore lip
  • Feeling of itching and tingling on the site of lesion
  • Ulcers and redness on the skin
  • Blister on skin
  • Burning sensation
  • Oozing from blisters
  • Associated with fever

CAUSES OF COLD SORE

  • Contagious disease caused by herpes simplex virus

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF COLD SORE

Cold sore is spreads through direct contact with a diseased person. It produces complications in patients with a weakened immune system.

DIAGNOSIS OF COLD SORE

  • Physical examinations
  • Laboratory tests

TREATMENTS OF COLD SORE

  • Antiviral medications

PROGNOSIS OF COLD SORE

  • Prognosis is based on the stage of the disease and the immunity of the patient.

COMPLICATIONS OF COLD SORE

  • Patients with weakened immune systems produce complications
  • If it spreads to the eyes may lead to vision problems
  • The whole body may be affected in patients with dermatitis.

COLD SORE AND AYURVEDA

  • In Ayurveda, cold sore management is based on the jwara and visarpa chikilsa.

NIDANA- AYURVEDIC CAUSES OF COLD SORE

  • Excess consumption of acrid, salt, hot, ununctuous food
  • Eating during indigestion
  • Agantu factors – infections
  • Improper administration of purification therapies
  • Depletion of body tissue

PURVAROOPAM- AYURVEDIC PREMONITORY SYMPTOMS OF COLD SORE

  • Increased body temperature – jwara
  • Blisters – sphota

SAMPRAPTI – AYURVEDIC PATHOGENESIS OF COLD SORE

Due to the causative factors doshas become vitiated and spreads to the entire body. Aggravated doshas enter the digestive system and combine with agni, accompanying the rasa, blocking the channels. Agni expels out from the site of digestion spreads all over the body and gives rise to jwara. Doshas spread to the skin and affect saptadhatus and lasika produce spreading type of blisters in the body.

LAKSHANA – AYURVEDIC SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF COLD SORE

  • Jwara – fever
  • Kandu – itchy skin lesions
  • Blisters – sphota
  • Swelling – shopha
  • Daha – burning sensation
  • Arochaka – anorexia
  • Shirah Shoola – headache

AYURVEDIC PROGNOSIS OF COLD SORE

  • The prognosis is Sadhya – curable in the early stage with a powerful immune system.

CHIKITSA- AYURVEDIC TREATMENT FOR COLD SORE

AYURVEDIC SAMANA TREATMENT FOR COLD SORE

  • Avipathichurna – relieves symptoms like daha, oozing
  • Suthasekhara rasa
  • Sanjeevani Vati
  • Sudarshana Ghana Vati
  • Amritottaram kashayam
  • Amrutharishta
  • Trayodashanga Guggulu
  • Maha Rasnadi Kvatha
  • Nimamritadi eranda – at bed time

COMMONLY USED AYURVEDIC MEDICINES TREATMENT FOR COLD SORE

Ayurvedic medicines for Internal administration for cold sore

HOME REMEDIES FOR COLD SORE

  • Intake of warm water frequently
  • Application of ice at the swelling
  • Proper rest
  • Intake of water boiled with coriander and dried ginger

DIET AND BEHAVIOUR FOR COLD SORE

  • Avoid food items that produce dosha imbalance like cold and dry food, hard to digest. Because dosha imbalance aggravates the symptoms.
  • Consume easily digestible food items
  • Avoid visiting the disease prevalent areas, in the case of infections
  • Proper sanitation measures are to be followed.

 

YOGA FOR COLD SORE

  • Nadi Shuddi Pranayam – Calms the mind, clears the respiratory passage and gets relief from the complications  associated with the cold sore  

 

The patient needs to be seated in a meditative posture with the head and spine erect, with the body relaxed. The patient has to close his one nostril (e.g. left nostril if using the right hand and vice versa) with the thumb and exhale completely through the other nostril. Again, he will have to breathe in deeply through the other nostril while the opposite nostril is still closed with the thumb.

 

  • Bhujangasana – immune booster asana
  • Shashankasana
  • Kapal Bhati
  • Ujjayi
  • Bhastrika

 

RESEARCH PAPERS OF AYURVEDIC MANAGEMENT OF COLD SORE

  1. Ayurveda management of oro-facial herpes: a case report

 

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0975947619300567

 

 

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Dr. Rajesh Nair,
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Licensed Ayurvedic doctor focused on providing individual Ayurvedic consultation services. Specialized in work related stress, Womens’ issues, diabetes, Pecos, arthritis, male and female sexual problems and infertility. Interested in academic work as well. Now working with www.ayurvedaforall.com as senior consultant, Ayurveda.

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